ANNUAL COST OF DIVORCE IN THE WORKPLACE

Use this calculator to begin quantifying the real cost of each divorcing employee in your organization.

It is often difficult to be exact about the hours lost in each category. By estimating the impact over several employees the validity of the calculation process increases as does the reliability of the cumulative financial impact caused by divorcing employees in your organization.

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Employee's pay rate/salary calculated on an hourly basis (full time = 2,080 hours yearly): /hour
Peer/office staff pay rate/salary calculated on an hourly basis: /hour
Employee's supervisor pay rate/salary calculated on an hourly basis: /hour

Results

PRE-Divorce Costs (13 Week Period) # of Hours Hourly Rate Total Cost
Lost productivity of divorcing employee
  • Divorcing employee performance at 50% - 70%
  • Time spend dealing with financial, psychological issues
 130 - $0
Lost productivity of (3) peer/office staff
  • Time spend gossipping and/or covering for dismissed employee
  • Increased/distributed workload for employee(s)
 39 - $0
Lost productivity of supervisor
  • Time spent dealing directly/indirectly with issues of employee's performance
 13 - $0
DURING Divorce Costs (26 Week Period) # of Hours Hourly Rate Total Cost
Lost productivity of divorcing employee
  • Divorcing employee performance at 50% - 70%
  • Time spend dealing with financial, psychological issues
 130 - $0
Lost productivity of (3) peer/office staff
  • Intermittent gossipping and/or covering for dismissed employee
  • Increased/distributed workload for employee(s)
 39 - $0
Lost productivity of supervisor
  • Time spent dealing directly/indirectly with issues of employee's performance
 13 - $0
POST-Divorce Costs (13 Week Period) # of Hours Hourly Rate Total Cost
Lost productivity of divorcing employee
  • Divorcing employee performance begins to return to normal
 32.5 - $0
Lost productivity of (3) peer/office staff
  • Increased/distributed workload for employee(s)
 6.5 - $0
Lost productivity of supervisor
  • Time spent dealing directly/indirectly with issues of employee's performance
 3.25 - $0
Total cost of divorce per employee $0
Approximate # of employees divorcing each year 10
Total Cost of Divorcing Employees to Your Organization $0